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Pips for December 24 2025.
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Easy
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3
1
6
4
2
6
0
2
6
3
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 3–1: row 5, column 2 → row 5, column 1
- 6–4: row 3, column 3 → row 3, column 2
- 2–6: row 3, column 1 → row 4, column 1
- 0–2: row 1, column 1 → row 2, column 1
- 6–3: row 4, column 3 → row 5, column 3
Medium
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0
1
3
4
0
0
4
0
4
1
5
5
3
1
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 0–1: row 2, column 5 → row 3, column 5
- 3–4: row 4, column 5 → row 4, column 4
- 0–0: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
- 4–0: row 1, column 5 → row 1, column 4
- 4–1: row 3, column 2 → row 2, column 2
- 5–5: row 4, column 2 → row 4, column 3
- 3–1: row 1, column 3 → row 1, column 2
Hard
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6
5
3
3
0
5
2
3
6
1
2
1
4
3
3
0
2
4
5
1
0
4
4
6
Numbers show the pips on each domino half in its solved position.
- 6–5: row 2, column 1 → row 3, column 1
- 3–3: row 1, column 1 → row 1, column 2
- 0–5: row 6, column 4 → row 7, column 4
- 2–3: row 4, column 2 → row 4, column 3
- 6–1: row 8, column 4 → row 8, column 3
- 2–1: row 7, column 3 → row 6, column 3
- 4–3: row 2, column 6 → row 3, column 6
- 3–0: row 4, column 4 → row 4, column 5
- 2–4: row 3, column 2 → row 2, column 2
- 5–1: row 5, column 4 → row 5, column 3
- 0–4: row 3, column 5 → row 2, column 5
- 4–6: row 1, column 6 → row 1, column 5
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